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Dresden has a long history as the capital and royal residence for the Electors and Kings of Saxony, who for centuries furnished the city with cultural and artistic splendor. The city was known as the Jewel Box, because of its baroque and rococo city center. The controversial British and American bombing of Dresden in World War II ...

... entirely new and pristine. The inside is entirely new and equally amazing! We went to lunch at a traditional German restaurant - there were lots of locals inside and we took it as a good sign. I was not disappointed! I finally had a German sausage with sauerkraut and it was so delicious! We are back on the bus now and just crossed the border into the Czech Republic! Prague won't be long ...

... from the surrounds as well. The commentator spoke in German and then in English. Korbi added things if he thought they were lost in the translation. It was a great afternoon. When Julia finished work she met us at the end of the bus tour. It was fantastic to see them both again. We walked through the centre of Munich to see up close the best of what we saw on the bus and have some time to ask questions and take photos. As we were walking we tried ...

... to meet our hop on hop off tour bus. We were really early so took some photos and planned our day. Our first stop was Zwinger, the royal families castle. It turns out that this wasn't actually a castle but more of a party palace/courtyard. The King liked to host extravagant parties and made this to house them in a grand location, no one has ever lived there and it is now a museum that houses all the things that ...

... I was AWOL. Annette is pleased to be out of the big city and is looking forward to riding in a quieter city - Dresden and then on the bike path south of Dresden. The countryside is beautiful. Fields and trees of green; I'm looking out for the red roses too! We travelled past wind turbines and there were these little huts in the fields. Annette reckons that they are used by duck hunters. Who am I to argue! We had plenty of slow downs but no stops apart from a outer Berlin stop. We are ...